Upholstery strip



la frame having alongfcurve,

Patented Mar.'3), 1926.`

l, y 1 WILLIAM'H. iiYsTEngoF INDIANAroLIs, iiuiiriiiwi.`

UPHOLSTERY safari.

' "application/inegi February 7, i924. sentirmi. 691,242.

To ZZ whom tm'a'z/ concer/n: Y l y Beit known that I, Timmer H. EYs'iEn, uniti-.zen of the United Statespiesiding at Indianapolis', inthe county of VMarion and State oflndiana, have in ventedcertain new and'V useful Improvements rin .Upholstery Strips, of which the followingisa specification. i Y Y My. saidinvention relates to anupholstery strip intended for use in upholstering to fasten parts. together as for example to fasten the edge of upholstery toadjacent metallic parts such as a wire or part of a frame. Itis an object o f the invention to provide a devicei of this''character'V which shall constitute ay permanent `'and secure fastening means and which shallbe simple in construction, inexpensiveto manufacture and easy to apply. f

Referringto the accompanying'dijawings which vare made apart hereof and on 'which similar vreference.` characters indicate simi-v lar parts, f'

Figure 1 is a perspective a sea-t equipped with inyvupholstery strip, Figure 2, an enlarged sectional' detail of the same partly in section on line 2f-2 of Figure 3, vFigure 3, a horizontal sectionofaone c oi'- Vner of the vseat frame with -thejfdevic'emf iny invention appliedthereto, AVsaid section being taken on line 3,-;3 ofyFigure 2,`

Figure 4;,xa fragment ofthe lowerV frame showing the method of Lattachingfa' clipto Figure 5, a similaryview Y.',showi ri-gy the .method ofy attachmentatv a sharp corner,"

'Figure v6, a perspective of a sh`ort strip oi' clip such as 'may be usedforjcornerjattachments and the like, l

Figure 7 a perspective o'f a continuous Strip, l

Figure 8, an enlarged section illustrating the'inethod of vattachment of the strip to a lower frame of different character from that shown in Figure 2, p

Figure 9, another modification, and

lower edge of the skirt.V u y In the 'drawings reference character 15 V indicates the outer sheet or covering of an vsecurely in place:v

.seat ,is provided internally with fot any desired character yand conformation,

here shown as heldin place bystrips 19 f no part of my present ,-invention,.,which is and marginal 'frame members .20-.formingconcernedwith means forse'curing-.the edges of the upholstery to the frame ofthe seat Y oretherdevice which is to beupholstered. v Accoifdingto m'yinvention. a strip of sheet es s,

metal 21, is cut or indented at intervals.'

aloiig'one edge andthe parts betweenthe c utsare bent up to forintongue'sfor lugs 22 at one side and 23 at vthe otherside: of

ure 7 the tongues 23 are, shown' as being coni and, other features of the invention .may be varied to jsuit.. the'taste of. the user or the particular purpose to which the devices are siderably wider than Vtongues' 22, but-this""i .to be applied. lInFigures 1-and2 thev 'upa v holstery stripdesignated generallyas 21 is j i shown as appliedfto thejlower edge' of a seat cushion, the'sheetsjof material 15 and 17 l.being brought down to the lower edge of the seat and bent about ia wirev 2 4; aftery which the tongues23- arefbent about the bulged portion consistingof the wire 24 and adjacent parts of the sheets 15 and 17 while tonguesy22are bent around one sideV lof ayu-shaped lower yframe member 20, the

- tonguesat-.their extreme end being again between the framemenibervand the ends 26, 27 `of,l the' strips 15, 17 whereby a clamp-y ingaction will be exerted. uponV the ends of said stripsin addition 'to thefrictionalqactionliadt because of the-position v of rthe tongues 23,1thus tending to hold theparts Figure 3 illustrates the parts with the up;v .l I

holstery removed, the tongues 23 projecting out from the lower frame member' `2O-and the tongues 22 showing to a slight extent at the inner side of the f iaine'inember.

Figure t shows how the strip'maybe attached to a gradually curvingcorner of a frame member with the tongues 23' outside and a tonguel 2 2 bent up about the lower edge ofthe U-shaped frame member20. In such a situation it may not be feasible to .bend theedge ofthe tongue over as indicated vat 26 in Figure 2, but if desired the tongueV may besplit vso as to be bent over yin several the body of the strip. In a preferred ein- J70 i' i bodiment of the invention illnstratedQin-Figy f sections. Inligure is illustrated a method 'of attaching the stripy to a'rame-ineinber V`having a slarpv corner, the tongues '23 proi Vjecting o utfto embrace lthe Vupholstery and ythe tongue 22 extending up close tof the corncralong one side of the U-sliaped-fiaine member V. Figurev 6 indicates `an upholstery strip formed as a clip for use vat corners or in analogous..situationscthis strip Ycomprising merely a shortbody section 21,

a Apair oi'i'tongues 23 and a'single'tongueQZ.

In Figure S yis illustrated a niodiiied construction in which the frame member 2O is similar -to VVthat kin Figurebut the'tongiie 22Hlislong :enoughvto have its bent end at QG extending past the mouth ofthe LlV and Y over the upper limit thereof. In'Ffigure 9y Visr'shown a further modification which` the strips 15 and 17 are rolledtogeth'er at the bottoni with or without aiiat metal bar ,'27 and are attached to around wire traine v member 28 by means of an upholstery strip i 'lifa'yingtoi'igues-v 23 embracing the np- Y a f holstery Vat lits lower edge and a tongue 2Q,

embracing tliewire.

fIn making useof the device' of my ini'feii` r i H ticii'tlie'I stripwill Vusually bc secured to the traine or the vdevice to be upholstered sub- `staiitially as illustrated in Figures 3, l and 5 and' this is the preferred manner ot using Figure however'illustrates another L manner of use'which consistsk in attaching 1 an vupholstery `strip to the lower edge of the vlskirt 29 of upholstery material, then positioning suchupholstering material with .the vlower edge of the skirt adjacent to a `frame i member 3,0 and thenbending thetongues 22 Y c Shipment oi'v it may be Adesirable'to make up overv suoli frame member. v In some casesit will be desirable'tosell upholsteryunits in.'V completed form ready to be applied with my upholstery strips secured thereto 'priorrto' `ra number 'olis'uchrunitsl and attach the strips Y Y theretoabefore the Varticles themselves are -ieadyto be upholstered.

It will `therefore be, seen that according to preference or con'-,v Ven'ience4 inV any particular instanceV either "i method may be'iused at will;V Y

it ,Wiii be Obvious toting@ Sieiied in uit aprt-thatv my upholstery stripfm'ay be Changed Vin accordancefwithv the particular need or preference without departing'from the spirit ot the inventioii, as mayy also the method of having a body lyingV between the lower *edge ofr saidstrip and @the frame n'iember,` and sets oftoiigues at opposite4 sidesot the body member the tongues of one of said setsbe.-

fing bent reverselyjupon themselves' respec# desire to tively about'said edge of the upholstery andy vthe tongues ofthe opposite set being bent reveisely uponv themselves, substantially as Y set forth.y .1 Y

2. InV combination. a frame member, up-

hgolsterino'v material havingy an'fedoe bent' i Z5 2D b about alinear reenforcingmeinber adjacent to said frame member and means `for securing said'edge to saidzinember comprisiiig a body Vlyingbetween said edge and said ineinber said body having tongues projecting i'eversely upon themselves respectively undeiiieath'the frame member vand said edge said tongues being bent to engage securely with said parts, substantiallyas `set` forth. n 3.v An upholstery strip comprising a'stiip of sheet metalhaving parallel cut-s extending te one edge and'forming tongues tliesaid 'tongues bent reverselv 4upon themsliesf tosaidj strip, Y subst-anv wardfopposite sidesof tially as setffortlr H 4; A securingy strip j' for-f upholstery com? prising a b'odyfjofgsheet'metal lia-ving cutsV along one edg'cfforining tongues, the saidfv tongues beingreveisely bent upon themselves i andextending on v,opposite sides 'of SaidbOdy, substantially as setlforth. f i f In witnesswhereof, Ijliave lhereunto set my hand and seal'at Indianapolis Indiana,

this 31st vday of December, 'i nineteen hundred and .twentyfthree f f wiLLiAMrH; interna @isi 

